Blaise Compaore

the former presidential guard, which is loyal to former BlaiseCompaore , the longtime president ousted in an October 2014 uprising ..... authorities on Saturday arrested Eddie Komboigo, the head of Compaore 's political party, gendarmerie spokesman Guy Herve Ye

unrest, including the toppling of the longtime PresidentBlaiseCompaore in 2014 and a brief, failed coup last September ..... country's capital. The elite force, loyal to Compaore , was behind last year's coup attempt and was